Navigating the Environment Managing Risks and Sustaining Benefits
Technical Seminar & Networking Reception
October 28, 2009
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Westin Canal Place & Plimsoll Club
New Orleans, Louisiana
REGISTER at www.pianc.us
PIANC USA and the International Environmental Commission (EnviCom) are organizing
this one-day technical seminar. EnviCom’s mission relates to both broad and specific
issues related to sustainability, environmental risks, and navigation. It also develops
and provides environmental guidance for sustainable waterborne transport, ports and
waterways. This seminar will also offer the chance to network with colleagues and visit
with industry exhibitors. The evening reception will be held at the Plimsoll Club, with its
exclusive location atop the World Trade Center and a spectacular panoramic view of the
Crescent City and Mississippi River.
Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be granted.
AGENDA
7:30 am to 8:00 am
Registration check-in and continental breakfast
8:00 am to 8:30 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
 Welcome: Major General Bo Temple, Deputy Commanding General
for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
 Opening Remarks: Todd S. Bridges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Research and Development Center (ERDC)
8:30 am to 10:10 am
Session 1: Climate Change
Session Chair: Harald Koethe, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and
Urban Affairs, Germany
 Climate Change and Navigation, EnviCom TG 3*: Kathleen D. White,
Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources
(IWR)
 Adaptation to Climate Change in the USA: Sea-level Rise and
Coastal Change, Causes and Implications for the Future of Coasts
and Low-lying Regions: S. Jeffress Williams, U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS)
 Adaptation to Climate Change in The Netherlands: Report of the
Dutch Delta Commission (2008): Tiedo Vellinga, Port of Rotterdam,
Netherlands
 Adaptation to Climate Change in Germany: The German Research
Program KLIWAS (2009 – 2013): Harald Koethe, Federal Ministry of
Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Germany
10:10 am to 10:30 am
Break
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10:30 am to 12:40 pm
Session 2: Ecosystems and Dredging
Session Chair: Jan Brooke, Jan Brooke Environmental Consultant Ltd, United
Kingdom
 Dredging Management Practices for the Environment - A
Structured Selection Approach: Axel Netzband, HPA Hamburg Port
Authority, Germany
 Sediment Dynamics, Dredging and Ecosystem Restoration: Donald
F. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Louisiana
 Fisheries Habitat Enhancement Using Dredged Material: Douglas
G. Clarke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development
Center (ERDC)
 Sea Turtles and Dredging: Dena Dickerson, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC), and Eric Hawk,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
12:40 pm to 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Comprehensive and Sustainable Sediment
Management
Chair: Robert M. Engler, Ph.D., Moffatt and Nichol
 Panelists: To be announced
3:00 pm to 4:10 pm
Session 3: Coastal Flood Risk Management
Session Chair: Edmond J. Russo, Jr., P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Research and Development Center (ERDC)
 The Role of Coastal Features in Coastal Storm Protection: Ty V.
Wamsley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development
Center (ERDC)
 Managing Coastal Systems: Navigation, Flood, Ecosystems: Bill
Walker, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
4:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Synthesis Discussion & Closing Remarks
Susan Rees, Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Harald Koethe, Federal
Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Germany
*EnviCom TG 3 – 2008 Report entitled, “Climate Change and Navigation - Waterborne transport, ports
and waterways: A review of climate change drivers, impacts, responses and mitigation,” available for free
download at: http://www.pianc.org/edits/article.php?id=4000501.
Sponsor and Table-Top Exhibiting opportunities available; contact
pianc@usace.army.mil or 703-428-9090.
PIANC USA was organized in 1902 with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers serving as the Secretariat
located at the Institute for Water Resources in Alexandria, VA. Its goal is to advance the sustainable
development of shallow and deep-draft navigation issues including dredging and dredged material
disposal, navigation and port infrastructure, recreational navigation and related environmental matters.
PIANC USA is chaired by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); the President is the Deputy
Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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